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. >> reporter: president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombings. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. cbs news, boston. >>> one video of the explosion comes from a rather unique angle, from a runner who was just about to finish the race, when the first explosion hit. that image was posted on the youtube page it came from the camera of a woman approaching the finish line. the woman's daughter posted my mom didn't finish the race but we're all safe and that's what matters. it's one of the most iconic images, a 78-year-old runner named bill ephraim out of washington state falls down right after the first explosion. >> shock waves just hit my whole body, and then my legs started jittering around. i knew i was going down, and so i ended up down on the blacktop, and i didn't feel severe pain but i rolled over and seen a little scratch on my leg but nothing too bad. i laid there momentarily. >> he eventually made his way back to the hotel
. >> reporter: president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombings. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. cbs news, boston. >>> one video of the explosion comes from a rather unique angle, from a runner who was just about to finish the race, when the first explosion hit. that image was posted on the youtube...
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president obama planning to visit boston today to pay tribute to victims of the marathon bombings on monday. the death toll from monday's explosion remains at three with more than 170 injured including some who had to have their limbs amputated. surveillance video appears to be the focus of the investigation now and as susan mcginnis reports, images show at least one suspicious man just before the explosions. >>> reporter: the scene of the second bomb that went off during monday's boston marathon may give us our first look at the suspected bomber. sources tell cbs news that security cameras at a lord & taylor store captured a man leaving a bag in the area just before the blast. the suspect is described as a young white man seen carrying a backpack and talking on a cell phone. sources say he was wearing a black jacket, a gray hoodie and white baseball cap turned backwards on his head. just after the first bomb went off, the suspect left the scene. moments later, the second bomb detonated. investigators are also looking at cell phone records hoping to match one of the calls to the man
president obama planning to visit boston today to pay tribute to victims of the marathon bombings on monday. the death toll from monday's explosion remains at three with more than 170 injured including some who had to have their limbs amputated. surveillance video appears to be the focus of the investigation now and as susan mcginnis reports, images show at least one suspicious man just before the explosions. >>> reporter: the scene of the second bomb that went off during monday's...
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now they are sending president obama a big bill. >> plus the boston bombing suspect is communicating with investigators. what they are learning about the suspect's other planned attacks. >> reporter: and bad ne r air travelers. starting today, fliers could face even more delays at airports across the country. i'll tell you why and how long you might have to wait. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. >>> you real, real -- >> your re
now they are sending president obama a big bill. >> plus the boston bombing suspect is communicating with investigators. what they are learning about the suspect's other planned attacks. >> reporter: and bad ne r air travelers. starting today, fliers could face even more delays at airports across the country. i'll tell you why and how long you might have to wait. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes...
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. >> reporter: president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. susan mcginnis, cbs news, boston. >>> investigators are doing a thorough search of boston, as many as two unexploded bombs turned up near the end of the course and were safely disarmed. another device under a grandstand was not a bomb. one man was questioned, a saudi national spotted near the scene of the explosions right before those bombs went off. >> when the blast happened, he began to run. now, in context, a lot of people began to run, a civilian who thought this individual was acting suspiciously chased him and tackled him and turned him over to place saying i saw him over there acting suspiciously and he ran. that may mean a lot. it may mean nothing at all. >> investigators say the saudi man is being cooperative and is denying any involvement. he has not been arrested or charged. >>> here at home, transit agencies are steppi
. >> reporter: president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. susan mcginnis, cbs news, boston. >>> investigators are doing a thorough search of boston, as many as two unexploded bombs turned up near the end of the course and were safely disarmed. another device...
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get out of the intensive care unit today. 11-year-old aaron hern had a visit from first lady michelle obama yesterday. she gave him some stuffed toys and a medal from the president. the 6th grader is recovering from a severe shrapnel wound to the leg. it's not clear how much longer he will be in the hospital. >>> even those who made it out of the boston blast zone unhurt will always carry the scar of what they saw that day especially those who ran toward the danger to help. tracy monroe recalls kneeling whose g blown of i tried to hol hand and just rub her face and i said, hi, baby. look up at me. look in my eyes, come on, it's going to be okay. what's your name? what's your name? she just looked up at me and said, "jane." i'll never forget it. >> so sad there. jane is recovering, but monroe learned the little girl was the sister of 8-year-old martin richard who died in the attack. >> it's been quite a week out there, that's for sure. >> it has. >>> 4:33 let's get back to the bay area and let's check our traffic and weather. it looks like it's going to be one terrific weekend, huh, brian? >
get out of the intensive care unit today. 11-year-old aaron hern had a visit from first lady michelle obama yesterday. she gave him some stuffed toys and a medal from the president. the 6th grader is recovering from a severe shrapnel wound to the leg. it's not clear how much longer he will be in the hospital. >>> even those who made it out of the boston blast zone unhurt will always carry the scar of what they saw that day especially those who ran toward the danger to help. tracy...
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. >>> president obama will head to texas to visit the town where a deadly explosion happened last week. a fertilizer plant blew up in west, texas killing 14 people and destroying about 50 homes. more than 200 people were injured. on thursday, mr. obama will view the damage and then attend a memorial service at a college in nearby waco. >>> 4:48 now. more earnings reports will come out today including apple, at&t and delta airlines. nearly one-third of the companies in the s&p will report the results by the end of the week. the reports have been pretty good so far. on wall street the dow reversed its early slide and gained 19 points yesterday. nasdaq climbed 27. >>> your automated teller machines, atms, might become more versatile soon. some of the nation's largest banks are testing machines to let customers actually have a live video chat with the teller and receive exact changes. the new atms will also allow you to split deposits between accounts and make loan and edit card payments, as well. > your ne purchase could cost you more. a proposed sales tax would demand online retailers wi
. >>> president obama will head to texas to visit the town where a deadly explosion happened last week. a fertilizer plant blew up in west, texas killing 14 people and destroying about 50 homes. more than 200 people were injured. on thursday, mr. obama will view the damage and then attend a memorial service at a college in nearby waco. >>> 4:48 now. more earnings reports will come out today including apple, at&t and delta airlines. nearly one-third of the companies in the...
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paul kevin curtis was arrested last week and charged with sending poisoned letters to president obama and two other elected officials. those charges were dropped after the fbi couldn't find any evidence in curtis' home. >> when you've been charged with something, you just -- you never heard of ricin or whatever. i thought they said rice and so i said i don't even eat rice. >> now the fbi is searching the home of another mississippi man. they say this new suspect knows curtis and holds a grudge against him so he may have tried to frame him. >>> police have finally reopened boylston street for the first time since last week's bombings at the boston marathon. cbs reporter edward lawrence says marathon victims held a private memorial at the bombing site. >>> reporter: the barricades came down early this morning on boylston street the site of last week's deadly marathon bombings. prior to opening the area, police escorted bombing victims to the scene for a private ceremony tuesday night. >> when you're face to face with the people directly affected and you see the bandages, you just feel w
paul kevin curtis was arrested last week and charged with sending poisoned letters to president obama and two other elected officials. those charges were dropped after the fbi couldn't find any evidence in curtis' home. >> when you've been charged with something, you just -- you never heard of ricin or whatever. i thought they said rice and so i said i don't even eat rice. >> now the fbi is searching the home of another mississippi man. they say this new suspect knows curtis and...
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president obama will have remarks at the memorial this morning at 8:00 our time. as always, we'll have continuing coverage. just go to our website, kpix.com. >>> new details about the man accused of sending poisonous letters to the president and a u.s. senator. his unusual side job and his threatening message. >> and the gun control bill hits a brick wall. gabrielle giffords' furious response to members of congress. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> raise your hand if you like 80 degrees. >> we'll take it. >> you grew up in moraga. >> redding area. >> so you got a summer out there. >> yes, we did. >> and i was in hollister. we actually got summer. did you ever get a summer where you grew up? >> yeah. medford, wisconsin, we had all sorts of weather. >> you had humidity. you ever seen a tornado? >> haven't seen it luckily. >> so the idea of a tornado -- >> it's old home week here. >> earthquake i can handle. tornadoes, it's that "wizard of oz" thing. i don't know. time now 5:44. why am i saying that? i'm doing weather. we have mostly clear skies as we start out this morning
president obama will have remarks at the memorial this morning at 8:00 our time. as always, we'll have continuing coverage. just go to our website, kpix.com. >>> new details about the man accused of sending poisonous letters to the president and a u.s. senator. his unusual side job and his threatening message. >> and the gun control bill hits a brick wall. gabrielle giffords' furious response to members of congress. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> raise your hand if you like 80...
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the tweet falsely reported explosions in the white house and that president obama had been injured. the news sent the dow down 140 and it recovered when the ap corrected the report. the syrian liberation army is claiming responsibility while the fbi is investigating. >> and today t-mobile becomes the first u.s. cell carry to sell the new samsung galaxy s4 smartphone. they predict it will be the biggest rival to apple iphone 5 allowing users to control the screens with their eyes. t-mobile will sell it for $150 plus $20 a month over two years. it will be interesting to see how that works because i'm curious, what if your eyes you know -- i'm always losing attention and getting distracted. does that mean it goes off the screen? that would be a nightmare. >> did you get rid of your blackberry? has it come up to our century now? >> reporter: no, frank. thank you very much. i still have my fossil. [ laughter ] >> very good. >> keep it, ashley. it's all right. >> reporter: i don't like change. >> we hear there's some evidence out there that the rich are getting richer. what's that all abo
the tweet falsely reported explosions in the white house and that president obama had been injured. the news sent the dow down 140 and it recovered when the ap corrected the report. the syrian liberation army is claiming responsibility while the fbi is investigating. >> and today t-mobile becomes the first u.s. cell carry to sell the new samsung galaxy s4 smartphone. they predict it will be the biggest rival to apple iphone 5 allowing users to control the screens with their eyes. t-mobile...
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he got a visit from first lady michelle obama last week. so big day for aaron. >>> a marin running company will hold a special run tonight in honor of those affected by the boston marathon bombings. runners wi ave from ross common park at 6:45 tonight for a 2.5-mile run wearing blue and yellow in honor of the marathon's officials colors. we'll have continuing coverage of the boston marathon bombings right here on kpix 5 and kpix.com. >>> the man accused of sending letters laced with ricin to president obama and a senator is due back in court today. paul kevin curtis denies any involvement but an fbi agent says the letters contain lines that are also on the suspect's facebook page. and indentations on the letter possibly from envelopes that were on top traced back to two of the suspects' former addresses. >>> major airports across the country have few air traffic controllers on duty today. those positions are being furloughed due to federal spending cuts. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington is live at sfo this morning with what that means for
he got a visit from first lady michelle obama last week. so big day for aaron. >>> a marin running company will hold a special run tonight in honor of those affected by the boston marathon bombings. runners wi ave from ross common park at 6:45 tonight for a 2.5-mile run wearing blue and yellow in honor of the marathon's officials colors. we'll have continuing coverage of the boston marathon bombings right here on kpix 5 and kpix.com. >>> the man accused of sending letters...
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president obama arrives here tomorrow morning. he will speak at a service for the victims of this terror attack. meanwhile, marathon organizers say the boston marathon will go on next year. in boston, susan mcginnis, back to you. >> thank you. >>> and we are getting our first look at what one of the bombs might have looked like before it went off. check the two pictures. viewer photos sent in to whdh tv in boston show a bag next to a mailbox in front of a crowd. after the explosion the bag is gone. >>> a bay area community is reaching out to help a victim of the bombing. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in martinez home of a 12-year- old who is still in a hospital over in boston. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. aaron hern is still in intensive care at boston children's hospital. but he is going to live. his mother posted an facebook last night saying -- on facebook last night saying the 12-year-old communicated with nods that he is okay and comfortable but frustrated without the ability to communicate.
president obama arrives here tomorrow morning. he will speak at a service for the victims of this terror attack. meanwhile, marathon organizers say the boston marathon will go on next year. in boston, susan mcginnis, back to you. >> thank you. >>> and we are getting our first look at what one of the bombs might have looked like before it went off. check the two pictures. viewer photos sent in to whdh tv in boston show a bag next to a mailbox in front of a crowd. after the...
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president obama arrives here tomorrow morning. these type of pressure cookers bombs are popular with terrorists in pakistan, afghanistan and india and used in the attempted bombing in times square in 2010. susan mcginnis, back to you. >> we know it's going to take a long time to go through all the video and those thousands of photos that people sent in. the fbi says of course someone knows who did this. are they any closer to finding a suspect? >> reporter: as far as suspects, there was a saudi man who was being looked as a -- as -- as recently as yesterday and there was a search warrant that brought things out of his apartment, several bags taken out. he has since been cleared. they say he has been fully cooperative. he was simply there as a spectator to see the at the end of the race. he is not a suspect and never was. he was simply a witness to the crime. >> how about the mood in boston? i know, day one is awfully tough. we have a couple of days now. are things starting to get back to normal a little bit? >> reporter: i think s
president obama arrives here tomorrow morning. these type of pressure cookers bombs are popular with terrorists in pakistan, afghanistan and india and used in the attempted bombing in times square in 2010. susan mcginnis, back to you. >> we know it's going to take a long time to go through all the video and those thousands of photos that people sent in. the fbi says of course someone knows who did this. are they any closer to finding a suspect? >> reporter: as far as suspects, there...
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. >> president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. and the fbi is is appealing to marathon spectators, anybody that may have planted themselves at the finish line may have taken video, any audio or field pictures, the fbi wants to see those to unveil any evidence and clues to help them figure this out. in boston, susan mcginnis back to you. >> thank you for the live report. we are getting a sense of the scrambling that went on with boston law enforcement after the blast. here's a listen. >> this is an emergency, i need officers. >> you need to stay off the air. you need to stay off the air. make your way over there. off the air and make your way over there. >> besides the two bombs that went off, at least one other device was reported in the area and was safety disarmed. another device turned out not to be a bomb after all. a man was taken in for questioning shortly after the bombing. h
. >> president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. and the fbi is is appealing to marathon spectators, anybody that may have planted themselves at the finish line may have taken video, any audio or field pictures, the fbi wants to see those to unveil any evidence and clues to...